California - Northern

[Miss Molly]

I found my first Blue Egg layer from the UofA egg! It is very blue and very nicely shaped! They are 20.5 weeks old: This is the first egg by itself: This is the First egg with eggs from today to see the color contrast: capayvalleychick should get one soon too!

Congrats Ron...I got a beautiful dark olive egg today. I think it was from my blue isbar x blue maran Hen...I hope so because I have about 20 pullets growing out...the egg is beautiful. I tried to take a picture but the lighting made the egg look ugly...

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Congrats Ron...I got a beautiful dark olive egg today. I think it was from my blue isbar x blue maran Hen...I hope so because I have about 20 pullets growing out...the egg is beautiful. I tried to take a picture but the lighting made the egg look ugly...

ohh post pictures please egg and chicken

 

[ronott1]

Today I went to collect my chicken's eggs after work, found one of my chickens dead inside the coop, next to the roost. She was pretty stiff, no signs of trauma or illness, I wonder what happened? She was a Red Star, about 2 years old. Alive and well this morning when I filled up the waterers.

Was she straight on the floor?

It could very well have been liver rupture. That is the right age, breed and type of death.

Sorry for your loss and please send her in for a free necropsy with a 70% discount on shipping from fedex. Let me know if you need the information for shipping.

 

[ronott1]

Do I need to start providing a grit for my chickens? I know that the sand was fine when they were little, and they still have access to it now, along with rocks of all different sizes(see the video I posted, look at the ground). But now that they're getting older I'm assuming this won't cut it any more...So should I buy them grit&what do I get&how much&how do I give it to them?

Gosh, I never thought there would be so much to learn when it came to chickens!!

Yes! I keep grit in one little chick feeder and Oyster shell calcium in another. Woodland has clay soil so they will have a hard time getting the right rocks for grinding.

 

[liz9910]

Was she straight on the floor?

It could very well have been liver rupture. That is the right age, breed and type of death.

Sorry for your loss and please send her in for a free necropsy with a 70% discount on shipping from fedex. Let me know if you need the information for shipping.

Her legs were straight out like she was standing up but she was on the floor of the coop. Yes please can you send me the info thanks Ron.

 

[OR4-hmom]

You all have such adventerous quail! Mine would not eat fodder or mealworms or fruit. They would think I was insane if I offered them leaves.

My quail ran away from the watermelon at first but they could see the broody and her chicks digging in. Same thing when I sprinkled mealworms in their sandbox. They now check out the sand first thing when I do morning chicken chores. They won't take them from my hand yet but they are watching and not running.

 

[ronott1]

Her legs were straight out like she was standing up but she was on the floor of the coop. Yes please can you send me the info thanks Ron.

That is the way mine was.

You can send her into any of the Labs so if one is closer you can drop her off there:

UC DAVIS

http://www.cahfs.ucdavis.edu/index.cfm


UC DAVIS FEDEX INFO: Their account # is 364343981. If you use their account number you will get to use UC Davis's discount which is up to 70% off. They said that they will bill you for the shipment after you get the report (or at the same time.) Also, FedEx and UPS both ship to the actual lab every day... the Postal Service doesn't.


CAHFS - Davis Laboratory
University of California
West Health Sciences Drive
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-752-8700
Fax: 530-752-6253
[email protected]

CAHFS - San Bernardino Laboratory
Branch Chief: Dr. Hailu Kinde
105 W. Central Avenue
San Bernardino, CA
92408-2113
Phone: (909) 383-4287
Fax: (909) 884-5980
[email protected]

CAHFS - Tulare Laboratory
Branch Chief: Dr. Patricia Blanchard
18830 Road 112
Tulare, CA
93274-9042
Phone: (559) 688-7543
Fax: (559) 686-4231
[email protected]

CAHFS - Turlock Laboratory
Branch Chief: Dr. Bruce Charlton
1550 Soderquist Rd.
Turlock, CA
95381-2204
Phone: (209) 634-5837
Fax: (209) 667-4261
[email protected]

 

[OR4-hmom]

Sorry to hear about the losses. I expected I'ld lose someone during the last heat spell but they all dealt with it ok.

Pretty new egg Ron. Wish I had 5 girls that laid like yours do. I guess I just don't know where to squeeze them for the bonus eggs.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Do I need to start providing a grit for my chickens? I know that the sand was fine when they were little, and they still have access to it now, along with rocks of all different sizes(see the video I posted, look at the ground). But now that they're getting older I'm assuming this won't cut it any more...So should I buy them grit&what do I get&how much&how do I give it to them?

Gosh, I never thought there would be so much to learn when it came to chickens!!

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Was she on her back? Wings in or out? I've had a couple of hens (one 4 years ago and one a month ago) that I found dead under the coop on their back with wings spread and a broken neck. Sometimes they get freaked out and try to fly away, even though they are under the coop. I call it death by stupidity.

 

[lawatt]

I'm not really worried about vermin getting in...My run should be 110% predator/vermin proof! I even have hardware cloth burried under the run so that nothing can dig in. So it should be fine in the run as long as it's weather-proof? The only other place I could keep it is in my garage, which is on the other side of my property!

i keep mine in the run, inside metal trash cans with "locking" lids, located on the north side of the run (farthest from the direction of the rain in the winter) & underneath the ramp up to their henhouse for a bit more shelter. haven't had any trouble with critters getting into it.




notice the trash can under the ramp!

so sorry to read of the chicken losses!